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Monday, July 23, 2012

The Remnant Church Stuck In Babylon, And The swift Destruction and Judgments coming, A Christian Response to what’s Ahead, From 1 Peter

1Pe 4:7But the end of all things is at hand: be ye
therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

Clarke:

The end of all things is at hand; the end of
the temple, the end of the Levitical priesthood, the end of the whole Jewish
economy, was then at hand.

Wesely;

1 Peter 4:7

But the end of all
things - And so of their wrongs, and your sufferings. Is at hand: be ye
therefore sober, and watch unto prayer - Temperance helps watchfulness, and
both of them help prayer. Watch, that ye may pray; and pray, that ye may watch

Jas 5:8Be ye also patient; establish your hearts:
for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

Rom 13:11And that, knowing the time, that now it is
high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we
believed.

Rom 13:12The night is far spent, the day is at hand:
let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the amour of
light.

James 5:8

coming ... draweth
nigh — The Greek expresses present time and a settled state. 1Pe_4:7, “is at
hand.” We are to live in a continued state of expectancy of the Lord’s coming,
as an event always nigh. Nothing can more “stablish the heart” amidst present
troubles than the realized expectation of His speedy coming.

Barnes 1Pet 4:7

The word rendered “is at hand,” (ἤγγικεēngike,) may refer either to proximity of
place or time, and it always denotes that the place or the time referred to was
not far off.

The idea as applied
to time, or to an approaching event, is undoubtedly that it is close by; it is
not far off; it will soon occur. If this refers to the end of the world, it
would mean that it was soon to occur; if to death, that this was an event which
could not be far distant - perhaps an event that was to be hastened by their
trials. The fact that it is such language as we now naturally address to
people, saying that in respect to them “the end of all things is at hand,”
shows that it cannot be demonstrated that Peter did not use it in the same
sense, and consequently that it cannot be proved that he meant to teach that
the end of the world was then soon to occur.

Geneva;

He returns to his
purpose, using an argument taken from the circumstance of the time. Because the
last end is at hand, and therefore we must much more diligently watch and pray,
with true sobriety of mind.

prayer — Greek,
“prayers”; the end for which we should exercise vigilance.

Gill:

and watch unto
prayer; watch all opportunities of praying, or of attendance on that ordinance,
both in private and in public; watch and observe both your present wants, and
present mercies, that ye may know what to pray for, and what to return thanks
for; and that you have a due reverence of the divine Majesty, in whose presence
you are entering.

From a primary word
τέλλω tellō (to set out for a definite point or goal); properly the point
aimed at as a limit, that is, (by implication) the conclusion of an act or
state (termination [literally, figuratively or indefinitely], result
[immediate, ultimate or prophetic], purpose); specifically an impost or levy
(as paid): - + continual, custom, end (-ing), finally, uttermost. Compare
G5411.

Note: I read in the
last verse of this grand epistle written
from Babylon,
this really stuck out to me. The current Babylon
system we live in, the lord said to me, this is of prophetic significance and
1Pet is an epistle , or hand book, for what we are now going through. What to
expect, how to act, our dealings with others, our dealings with the lord. As I
read the Greek on the simple word END, it confirmed my thoughts on this matter.

The conclusion of an act or state (termination
[literally, figuratively or indefinitely], result [immediate, ultimate or
prophetic], purpose).

We are at the conclusion
of a state the USA
and other places, its end is at hand, to soon be terminated as we now know it.
Immediate, ultimate, prophetic. This is so clear and what a confirmation to what
the Holy Spirit giving illumination on.

A Prophetic word
of the immediate termination, the conclusion of a state.

This is everything
, in a nut shell and from the word END, the spirit has been saying it is
coming very fast, faster than we think, this would be the immediate termination
of the nation as we know it.

All forms of
declension, our nation, the church is in decline, no turning back, the whole
thing is declined. Ps 3:11 If the foundations be destroyed what can the
righteous do.

Greek- is at hand

G1448

ἐγγίζω

eggizō

eng-id'-zo

From G1451; to make
near, that is, (reflexively) approach: - approach, be at hand, come (draw)
near, be (come, draw) nigh.

G1451

ἐγγύς

eggus

eng-goos'

From a primary verb ἄγχω
agchō
(to squeeze or throttle; akin to the base of G43); near (literally or
figuratively, of place or time): - from, at hand, near, nigh (at hand, unto),
ready.

That is very
pointed, to squeeze the throttle, putting the foot to the metal, one goes
faster and this coming fall is the lord tuning up the holy throttle, in speed
and swiftness. It is at hand, of place, time, it is near, it is nigh and so we
have in the Greek some real insight to what is being said.

The expectation of
the lords second advent was on all the Apostles minds, they thought they would
live to see Jesus return, the delay, even than is why Peter said a thousand
years is as one day and a day as a thousand days. The lords timing is far from
ours, I wrote before, according to this verse taken lit.

To our lord, Jesus
has been gone two days, His time is different from ours and so we do not
understand or grasp many things.

This being a fact,
Peter goes on to write, due to this swift coming of destruction what are we to
be doing.

....: be ye
therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

It may not sound like
much to some, but it is everything, it is our response to everything we see
coming down.

Spiritual preparation, prayer, sober minded,
watchfulness, watch and pray, is what we read all through the N.T. and the
word wait, is many times associated with it, so we in faith, wait, as we
wait, we do what, watch and pray in a sober, clear headed mind, pray, pray,
pray, we can never get enough and it is our ultimate weapon with the bible.

The verses following
take on a completely new meaning when we grasp what has been told us; it is what we are to be
doing, in these last days.

1Pe 4:8 And above all things have fervent charity
among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

1Pe 4:9 Use hospitality one to another without
grudging.

1Pe 4:10As every man hath received the gift, even
so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace
of God.

1Pe 4:11If any man speak, let him speak as the
oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God
giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to
whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

1Pe 4:12Beloved, think it not strange concerning
the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto
you:

1Pe 4:13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of
Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad
also with exceeding joy.

1Pe 4:14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ,
happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their
part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

1Pe 4:15But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or
as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.

1Pe 4:16Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him
not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

1Pe 4:17For the time is come that judgment must
begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be
of them that obey not the gospel of God?

1Pe 4:18And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where
shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

1Pe 4:19 Wherefore let them that suffer according to
the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto
a faithful Creator.

This is no small matter;
Jesus said,” When the son of man returns will he find faith in the earth”. He
will, but not in great abundance, this is meat and food for thought.

The day the Holy
Spirit spoke and said this is a N.T. parallel prophetic word, an end time
practical guide to holy living in the last days in found in this epistle.

1Pe 5:13The church that is at Babylon, elected
together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son.

We are right now a
church that is an end time Babylonian type, some think the USA is N.T. Babylon,
it is convincing I do admit, I hold to it being a type, but who knows.

I feel the message I
posted proves the point it is Rome, but If I am wrong, I am wrong, the deal is
we are in a Babylonian system right now, our nation in all of Jer. is an exact
dual prophecy against America and the West.

We are the Bride in Babylon,
as we read in 1Pet, we read a lot about trials, persecution, suffering, and
such and this is fitting, but it does not just say, look heads are going to
roll, it gives us promises, comfort, hope and real life applications on how
we are to respond in this current Babylon, we are not left hanging, we have
much instruction to this modern church in Babylon, and we are told what to do,
how to act, it deals with others, so we do not become cold hearted in the days
ahead.

1Pe 4:12Beloved, think it not strange concerning the
fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto
you:

1Pe 4:13But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of
Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad
also with exceeding joy.

Practical, applicable
and true, may we, the last day remnant church, and in the swift fall of this
country and others read, study this epistle as it was written from Babylon and
it speaks volumes to our current situation. The Christians response to all we
are in and what is ahead can be found in this epistle, may the bride study it
and apply it today.